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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

April Snowflake

I participate in the One Snowflake A Month Challenge at The Tatting Forums, and I've been feeling the end of April closing in quickly! This is Motif #7 from DMC Tatting for Today. The thread is size 20 Lizbeth, color #662.

I'd be willing to bet that the casual observer would never notice that I missed a join, which I didn't discover until I had finished hiding my ends. Rather than scrap the whole piece, I took a piece of thread, joined the two picots, and sewed the ends in. I'm sure there's someone out there in Tat-land who can find where I did this, but my solution was good enough for me!

And now, back to my hanky edging!
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19 comments:

  1. MichelleApril 20, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    What a lovely color for a snowflake! It's very nice design.

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  2. God's KidApril 20, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Looks great to me! And at least it's not like the snowflakes we had here the other day(in the middle of April). :)

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  3. CindyApril 20, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhh - more snow!

    Yours is so much prettier than the white stuff that we keep getting. Fortunately, it melts fast in April :)

    I would never know where you missed a join - I'm glad I'm not the only one . . .

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  4. FoxApril 20, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    Oh yes, the little sew-it-in-after- the-fact trick! I know it well!

    Great blue! Nice pattern.
    Fox : )

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  5. LeliaApril 20, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    wow! you hid it well --- and your snowflake is very beautiful.

    I was tatting until 3am and managed three small snowflakes.

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  6. MirandaApril 20, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    Looks good from here! I've used that trick myself "a few" times. ;)

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  7. CarlaApril 21, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    Your snowflake is very pretty! I love the color you used!

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  8. PatrycjaApril 21, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Lovely !

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  9. GinaApril 21, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    Maybe if I held it under magnification. :-) It looks perfect!

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  10. StephanieApril 21, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    Nice job, Diane! I'm forever sewing picots together like that because of missed joins. It's not even visible. Love that blue, too!

    How's the weather there? We still can't get out of the low 40s and snow over here. Yeah, I said snow. Two inches of the white stuff this past Monday! Grrrr...come on, Spring!

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  11. SuztatsApril 21, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Lovely in blue, Diane! I think probably every tatter has used that 'trick'. I know I have,...many times.
    Happy Easter

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  12. shannon_in_loveApril 21, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    well i am pretty sure that is the way the women in the old days use to do it...so look at it as replicating the past...or actual reenactment...lol

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  13. Kathy NiklewiczApril 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Again can't keep up with you! Your handerchief is just beautiful - perfect matching colors and lovely pattern.

    And this snowflake is very attractive. Looks just fine to me! I really like that pattern and the color.

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  14. Shannon McElfreshApril 21, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Lovely!! I want to make one too!!

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  15. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    Lovely! I can't find the mistake, I think you are bragging a bit about your ends-hiding ability ;-) Seriously, the solutions is good enough for me!

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  16. LadyShuttleMaker aka MadMadPotterApril 22, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Looks perfect to me!

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  17. CreateologyApril 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    This snowflake is beautiful and very appropriate for our cold and rainy weather we are still having. Happy Easter to you...

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  18. TeresaApril 23, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    I sure cannot see anything other than perfect!

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  19. AnonymousApril 24, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    I somehow missed this post and just know saw it. How careless of me. :-P

    The snowflake looks great to me! And I love the color - a very lovely shade oh blue. :-)

    Happy Easter, by the way. ;-)

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